At the beginning of this film we find ourselves
in space, aboard a ship that looks remarkably like the lament configuration.
There seems to be no one aboard other than Dr Merchant and an android,
who attempts, and succeeds, to solve the puzzle box. Merchant has
placed this android in a protective enclosure and he utters the
words 'its time for revenge,' however unbeknown to him the ship
is then stormed by some elite style troops and he is relieved of
duty. We then learn that Merchant hijacked the very ship he designed,
and in the teams assessment he was a man 'immersed in ancient history
letting the place go to shit.' He is subsequently interrogated and
we learn more about the box and what he is up to....

He explains that he has set a trap up to
catch some demons...and that his ancestor Phillip, who built the
box, didn't know the power it contained. We learn that he was commissioned
to produce the box for a Monsieur De Lillie, who through some bizarre
ritual summons a demon (Angelique) to do his bidding. Of course
it isn't long before De Lillie's assistant controls the demon, yet
we then jump 200 years into the future with another Merchant (John)
having strange dreams about the box and the demon. Angelique too
feels his presence, and heads to New York to see Merchant at an
architectural award ceremony, of which the building he designed
bears a striking similarity to the lament. At this point Angelique
discovers the box in the foundations, and Pinhead enters the equation.

It would seem that Merchant is the key to
designing a gateway on a much bigger scale to the box, and through
the use of temptation or pain the creatures from hell are determined
to get what they want. Of course what we also know is that there
is a design to destroy what the box creates...and John's aim is
to use such plans result in victory.

We then jump back to their present B to Dr
Merchant and the SWAT team within the ship. He explains that the
boy, John Merchant's son, lived, and so the bloodline survived.
It is him who summoned the demons aboard the ship so he could right
the wrongs of his ancestors, and close the gateway to hell forever.
However the SWAT team know best, and accidentally unleash Pinhead
and his fellow cenobites. A battle ensues.....but you shall have
to watch to see who emerges the victor???